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San Juan

[ san wahn, hwahn; Spanish sahn hwahn ]

noun

  1. a seaport in and the capital of Puerto Rico, in the N part.
  2. a city in W Argentina.
  3. a river in S Nicaragua, flowing E from Lake Nicaragua along the Nicaragua-Costa Rica border to the Caribbean Sea. About 110 miles (175 km) long.


San Juan

/ saŋ ˈxwan /

noun

  1. the capital and chief port of Puerto Rico, on the NE coast; University of Puerto Rico; manufacturing centre. Pop: 433 733 (2003 est)
  2. a city in W Argentina: almost completely destroyed by an earthquake in 1944. Pop: 455 000 (2005 est)


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This magic land so loved by children is only a handful of miles southeast of Blanding, Utah, in San Juan County.

This would give Denver, population 634,265, the exact same representation as San Juan County, population 690.

San Juan BOCES is specifically about educational needs in a school setting.

For her birthday, Depp and director Bruce Robinson purchased Heard a bicycle and she rode it all over San Juan.

Karen Fisher lives on Lopez Island, one of the San Juan Islands in Puget Sound outside Seattle.

Two years afterwards, whilst working in a menial capacity, he attended the school of San Juan de Letran.

Of course, if she won't stir outside of San Juan it's difficult for us to act.

The Nashville's course was changed, and she steered straight for the harbor of San Juan.

It was still sixty miles to the San Juan, over a series of savage sandstone plateaux, said to be entirely destitute of water.

Yes, it was a life and death race between the emigrants and the Apaches for the San Juan.

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